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Happy First Annual Throttling Day!
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soundping
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AT&T Sued for Throttling Unlimited Data Service: More Small Claims to Follow? - International Business Times
Virgin Mobile USA take notice.
Virgin Mobile USA take notice.
believe it or not but the throttling shouldn't really have any effect at all. I wanted to see how much the 2.5 cap would effect me so I d/l 3g watchdog set up the 2.5 as my quota and after the one month I used it I noticed that I only used 49% of my 2.5 limit I set myself.
now, I use my phone for everything(youtube,facebook,email,skype,internet texting,streaming pandora) and this is pretty much on a daily basis. obviously,during this experiment I did not use wifi at all.
of course, I understand the throttle is sort of unfair to us that use the phones for tethering(but then again that isn't part of what we pay for, not saying its wrong though.)
all in all the 2.5 gb limit isn't really that bad.
now, I use my phone for everything(youtube,facebook,email,skype,internet texting,streaming pandora) and this is pretty much on a daily basis. obviously,during this experiment I did not use wifi at all.
of course, I understand the throttle is sort of unfair to us that use the phones for tethering(but then again that isn't part of what we pay for, not saying its wrong though.)
all in all the 2.5 gb limit isn't really that bad.
LordBrain515
Newbie
I believe the AT&T lawsuit was successful because they were throttling while claiming that their service was completely unlimited. That's not the case with VM: they are telling us in advance that after 2.5 GB speeds will be throttled. Just because you don't like VM's decision to throttle doesn't mean you can go sue them.
AtticTRON
Android Enthusiast
No, VM also claims to offer unlimited data. My understanding of the ATT case is that the Guy won because they claimed to offer the fastest 4g speed on his unlimited data plan. Unfortunately VM doesn't claim any speeds other than 3g so I don't think anyone would have a case.
Throttling is unfair to people who use tethering? Not saying what's wrong, the throttling or the tethering? It's not really unfair at all because tethering is directly against the Virgin Mobile TOS, and if they ever found out someone was tethering,they could disable their account right away. They're starting to throttle BECAUSE people tether, to free up some bandwidth for those who use the phones like they should. It'll make the network a little faster too for us, if a bunch of people go over the data cap.
LordBrain515
Newbie
VM clearly says that data is Unlimited up to 2.5 GB and then throttled after that. It's not the same as AT&T throttling without notification.
I'm lucky enough to be grandfathered into the $25/month plan, I don't intend to complain if my speeds get slower after 2.5 GB.
marc12868
Android Expert
well they claim 3g speeds and we get 2g speeds... could we sue over that lol
no because cdma doesn't have 2g
it has 1x... lol and anyways it still is 3g just slower. And 2g speeds are around 50kbps at least on t-mo in my area with a near perfect signal (like -65ish dBm out of a perfect -60) not the 256kbps that they will throttle you down to (well if you have faster speeds anyways...)